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Today in entertainment history: June 2

IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY: Legendary musician Bo Diddley, seen here in 2006, died on this day in 2008. Photo: Associated Press/Jeff Christensen

1978: Bruce Springsteen’s album “Darkness on the Edge of Town” was released.

1989: Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman married model Mandy Smith. He was 48, she was 19. They divorced in 1991.

1993: Ronald Ray Howard’s murder trial began in Austin, Texas. Prosecutors said Howard killed a state trooper after listening to 2Pac’s “2Pacalypse Now” album. Howard was convicted and sentenced to death.

2008: Bo Diddley died of heart failure at his home in Archer, Florida. He was 79.